Astra cadentia. Infaustos qvoties strix cecinit modos, Sint pacata animis somnia masculis; Nos inter nebulas sors tulit horridas : Tristis gutta fluit qvae dolet inritas Fugerunt speculis lampades omnibus: Ambos nox premit: at dum viget incluta H. J. H. I I Alcides. Alcides thus his race began: O'er infancy he swiftly ran : The future god at first was more than man. E'en o'er his cradle lay in wait, And there he grappled first with fate: In his young hand the hissing snakes he pressed; So early was the deity confessed. Thus by degrees he rose to Jove's imperial seat: Thus difficulties prove a soul legitimately great. DRYDEN. The Narcissus. I saw the pride of all the meadow, Bloomed in the silver waves below. And not one former grace remained. Amidst retirement's shelter blowing, COWPER. Αλκείδας. Ἀπὸ βαλβίδων τοιόνδ ̓ ἔλαχεν νεαρὸν νεαραῖς σύριγμ ̓ ὄφεων Ζηνὸς προσέβα χρόνιος θάκημ'· ὧδ' ὁ πόνος του λῆμα κατ' αἶσαν μέγ' ἐλέγχει. R. S. Narcissus. Forte ego narcissum, nec pulcrior adfuit alter, Sole tamen medio floris marcere iuventas W. Ε. Ε. The Coward Lover. Faint amorist! What, dost thou think A world of sweet, and taste no sour? Dost thou ever think to enter Th' Elysian fields, that dar'st not venture In Charon's barge? A lover's mind Must use to sail with every wind. Segnis Amans. Sic tibi, segnis amans, qvod dulcia tingat acerbis, Nulla pati non sit flabra paratus amans. P. S. K. Beneath thy all-directing nod And lighted yonder glowworm too. Thou didst the dome of heaven build up, Creatio. Rerum summe Parens, tuae bilances BOWRING. K. |